We are off to help the dogs from the desert!
Can you imagine living in the desert, with nothing but a makeshift hay
hut for shelter? Subject to intense heat and biting cold, without
proper food and clean water? Well, that's exactly what 150 dogs have
been doing in remote Gabbs, Nevada since last spring.
For several months now, United Animal Nations (UAN) has been working
with other animal organizations (including Best Friends Animal
Society, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the Nevada
Humane Society, the Yerington Animal Shelter and Dog Town Rescue of
Carson City), to figure out how to help these dogs, who had nobody to
care for them since their owner died from a heart attack in May.
Now our Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) volunteers are on their
way to help 30 of the most needy dogs.
Most of the dogs have already been transferred to rescue groups and
shelters in Northern California and Nevada, where they will await
adoptive homes. But the remaining 27 dogs have lacked human
interaction for so long, and are so timid and unsure of themselves,
that they need special attention and care before they can be made
available for adoption.
So for the next four weeks, our EARS volunteers will work with these
dogs at a temporary shelter in Reno previously occupied by the Nevada
Humane Society. There, they will assess their behavior, socialize
them, and give each dog the best possible chance at a positive future.
Today, Shannon Asquith, our director of field services, joined teams
from HSUS, Best Friends, Nevada Humane and the Yerington Animal
Shelter to move the dogs 150 miles to their new, temporary digs in
Reno and get them settled.
We'll post more photos from Reno and updates on how the dogs are
progressing under the care of our amazing EARS team!
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